4th grade math

RatLabGuy said:
You damn engineers. You're overthinking it and missing the base (ahem, core) logic for what it is. It's about how the "base 10" number system works.
Numbers are just an arbitrarily defined system for quantifying groups of things, digits are representations of the number of groups once you hit the top of your system.
10 is the most common grouping (probably b/c of what's on your hands).

The key here is it does NOT say "describe using 3 DIFFERENT ways".
Thus the assumption is a combination of them (which is what we naturally do w/ numbers), what digit combination together makes 534..
It's 5 100s, AND 3 10s AND 4 1s.

You boneheads that said 5.43, 54.3 and 543 would have the number 592.47.

Rephrase it into binary or hexadecimal and you'll see the logic holds the same.
Pffft, engineers. Bah.
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Did you ever have to take any English classes on the way to your post-docs?

The proper way to get to your answer would be to ask "What digit is in the ones column", not "How many 1s are in 534?" :rolleyes:
 
This thread is getting serious. Maybe we need some special tools:
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She doesnt think there are 3 10(s) in 534..she thinks/knows there is a 3 in the tens place of the number 534.

That is why I said in my first post Id read back a few pages and get the connotation of the question.
 
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I think the problem is that adults are trying to solve a problem that was posed at a 4th grade level of abstraction. So un-learn math, and then it becomes clearer.
 
Made sense to me…my wife teaches the common core crap,she says the kids seem to pick up the thought process of math in their head faster …Who knows. I'd say grammar and spelling are what they need to work on. Most younger people I know can't spell, speak or write worth a damn.
 
CC builds on itself like was stated earlier . I hate it and cant do it, my wife understands and likes it so I help with reading and writing, she math. My little one is in 3rd grade and has been in the CC her whole school career.
 
Ron said:
She doesnt think there are 3 10(s) in 534..she thinks/knows there is a 3 in the tens place of the number 534.

That is why I said in my first post Id read back a few pages and get the connotation of the question.
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But again, that's not what she asked.

You can't infer that she's asking a question about place value from her piss-poor command of the English language.
 
shawn said:
But again, that's not what she asked.

You can't infer that she's asking a question about place value from her piss-poor command of the English language.
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You are judging the value of a teacher based on the summarization of the question from a biased party.

I love ya like a brother but Ill laugh in a few years when you are doing homework with Sarah...
 
Jus Jim said:
I thought this was about "4th Grade Meth" and just assumed it was part of Michele's school lunch program. :shaking:
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You talking about Chewbacca?
 
Nothing is wrong with it...both are right...
 
rockcity said:
In business, the kid would be fired for inefficiencies if they continued to use that kind of ass-backwards math.
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Maybe at a smaller company. At a bigger company, they would promote him because they didn't understand his answer.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Maybe at a smaller company. At a bigger company, they would promote him because they didn't understand his answer.
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He would be made a project manager at my work.
 
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